Joisey

Man... I barely know what time it is I'm so worn out. But things here in New Jersey have been great so far. But lets jump back to New York for a sec.

Gabe and I were once again on couches for the night. This time he got the big couch and I got the little couch. I had no idea how I was going to sleep. My legs hung over the side from the knees down. But I took a half dose of NyQuil (still not feeling too hot) and passed right out.

In the morning, Gabe got up early(ish) to move the truck since a sign said there was no parking there after 11:30AM. He was gone or a long time driving around looking for a place where you could ACTUALLY park. He finally found a spot that said "NO PARKING 11:30AM - 12:30PM THURS".

We finished getting ready and headed for the truck. There was a parking ticket waiting for us on the windshield. Turned out he parked on the other side of the street where it was no parking during that time on FRIDAYS. So, yay, there.

It took us longer than we thought to get to Cherry Hill, NJ from Queens. It didn't help that we got lost again once we got there. So we arrived at the hotel around 4:30PM.

Set-up was easy, and the crowd was manageable for a Friday night. We sold a decent amount of copies, more than our whole Fear Fest weekend actually.

Only thing that kinda sucked was that here the autographs are $25 instead of $20. So I don't think I'll be getting everyone that I wanted to.

We've met lots of cool people here. Got nothing but great things to say about NJ.

We had to make another big decision last night: Drive back to Queens (it's far and the tolls are killing us), get a motel (not cheap around here), sleep in the truck in the hotel parking lot (close, but no access to rest rooms or coffee), or a truck stop (not as far as Queens, but still about 20 miles away). We opted for the truck stop and hoped that it wouldn't get too cold that night.

We rented a "self-destructing" copy of "Hatchet" at the truck stop and watched it as we set up for the night. With the new locks, we felt safer this time around. But really, we always play it smart and park in well-lit, populated, and exposed areas of the truck stops.

It did get pretty cold, but we anticipated it and took out some extra blankets.

We overslept this morning and didn't get back until 10AM (we got lost again too). That's not that bad really. Early is 9AM, 10AM is on time. But today, unlike yesterday, the place was packed. The whole lot was full and there was a line of people wrapped around the hotel waiting to get in. Gabe had to drop me off on the side so I could set up the table while he found a spot.

I got things ready and sold a few DVDs before he showed up. He was gone for maybe half an hour. The only place he could find was about a mile away. He decided to just drive around the parking lot waiting for someone to leave.

Once they let everyone in, it became a madhouse. I knew there was no way I was going to even try and get anything signed today. Hopefully, no one will bail for Sunday.

I didn't mention it yesterday, but we're next to a couple of cool vendors. On our right are a local clothing store called Sourpuss Clothing. They have a lot of horror and punk themed items. And just behind us are the guys from Wicked Pixel. They're selling their own movies. We met there publicist; nice guy. We've also run into people that work for Fangoria Magazine, Film Threat, and Horror Hound.

...It's 8 hours later. I had to stop because a drunk guy started asking me questions. He was close to getting his ass beat. Not by me, but a guy next to me. He said some shit to his daughter (a little girl), but don't think the dad heard him. If he had though...

Rest of the day went as well as before. It's kind of a blur, there were lots of people. We even had a repeat customer who wanted to buy another copy for his friend.

Oh, apparently Corey Haim made a surprise visit and joined Corey Feldman for the screening of "The Lost Boys." Didn't see either of them. Didn't get to see Bruce Campbell either. It's such a huge event, everything is spread apart and the vendors are in a room to themselves. But that's good for us, I guess. People in the vendor room are looking to buy stuff.

Gabe's friend showed up at the end of the day to pick us up. He was like a pitchman. He was handing out flyers and stopping people and telling them about the movie. He made two or three sales in like 20 minutes.

We decided to come back to Queens tonight. We'll probably regret it when we have to be on the road at 6AM.

Kinda homesick today. My sis came into (home)town and so did my gf's family. Wish I could have been there.

Tomorrow's the screening in Queens at the Hell's Gate Social. Looking forward to it. Think we're going to have a good crowd.

Sorry there haven't been any new vlogs in a couple of days. Lately, when we're not working, we just crash. I'll see if I can't put something up tonight or tomorrow.

All for now.